The inspiration for this post lies with some verse I sent to Ray Kieran, but the real genesis is the work that other rhino conservation activists are doing each full moon with a cross planting in Cape Town, South Africa to highlight all those rhino slaughtered merely because of Asian demand for their horn for Chinese Traditional Medicine beliefs.
Please read and share this group's work-Planting Crosses For Fallen Rhino

Another cross planting takes place for this coming Poacher's Moon- 6th April.

Credits:

Ray Kieran.

The above poetry arose out of a conversation with Ray Keiran, a rhino conservation activist on OSCAP Facebook group-(Outraged SA Citizens Against Poaching). I sent her a few lines and Ray was ecstatic over the words and meanings captured by them. So I developed the verses from those simple lines and sat on this poem for a few weeks seeking out suitable images to illustrate this with.

Ciske Kruger.
Then I approached Ciske Kruger, another gifted activist from OSCAP, sent her the words and asked her if she could interpret the words with romantic yet tragic imagery hoping the lyrics would inspire something special to include in this post. Ciske then posted these images on various Facebook groups where they received rapturous applause - as they should. And at the same time sent me the same images, less the text that appears in the originals. I asked Ciske to add crosses into her artwork!
Thanks Ray and Ciske!

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19 comments:

Jim! Thank you so much for posting - The words are amazing, gives me chills reading them. Very talented. And Ciske - huge applause for all your work. You really manage to mesmerize people with your work. Truly incredible both of you. Mwah xx

That was so incredibly sad as is the killing and maming of these wonderfully beautiful creatures. I passed this on to all my friends and family and asked them to do the same. Everyone, no matter where they live should be a crusader for our wildlife who are in danger. I wish I could have been there for the event but will have my own full moon moment for now on right here in my little house, on my little street, in Madisonville Louisianna. God bless the Rhino.

Jim this is so beautifully written, breaking to the heart of the matter in its full and powerful use of words and photo's. What destroys our animal kingdom destroys us...educating us all on this is a powerful tool for change. Thank you for bringing this to my attention and I look forward to doing what I can...Always...

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